Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
unprivileged user can access priviledged action in MH-WikiBot
CVE-2020-5302
Description
MH-WikiBot (an IRC Bot for interacting with the Miraheze API), had a bug that allowed any unprivileged user to access the steward commands on the IRC interface by impersonating the Nickname used by a privileged user as no check was made to see if they were logged in. The issue has been fixed in commit 23d9d5b0a59667a5d6816fdabb960b537a5f9ed1.
Affected products
1- Range: < commit 23d9d5b0a59667a5d6816fdabb960b537a5f9ed1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- github.com/examknow/MH-WikiBot/compare/2eac90d...1a62da1mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/examknow/MH-WikiBot/security/advisories/GHSA-7hf3-wvp8-34r9mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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